DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/20 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 75.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 50 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3889 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 2588 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 4778 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1743 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 269 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 056 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -1035 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5813 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -6722 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 11500 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 62 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 75.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 53.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 75.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 52.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 50 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3889 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99338 14 125 99338 91884 16 130 91884 86123 17 096 86123 81335 14 084 81335 77194 9 065 77194 73522 3 060 73522 70183 3 235 70183 67107 8 246 67107 64259 11 232 64259 61499 10 240 61499 58628 17 266 58628 55675 22 271 55675 52882 30 276 52882 50387 35 270 50387 48161 39 264 48161 46147 40 262 46147 44311 44 262 44311 42627 46 264 42627 41066 45 264 41066 39605 45 263 39605 38225 45 263 38225 36886 43 263 36886 35521 42 264 35521 34099 40 268 34099 32623 39 272 32623 31078 37 273 31078 29451 35 277 29451 27743 33 283 27743 25956 32 282 25956 24093 32 277 24093 22161 29 273 22161 20153 25 279 20153 18066 23 286 18066 15940 16 289 15940 13891 14 307 13891 12026 14 312 12026 10371 10 313 10371 8902 8 328 8902 7601 9 339 7601 6450 4 006 6450 5434 4*031 5434 4540 4*039 4540 3748 4 047 3748 3037 4 054 3037 2409 5 059 2409 1884 5 064 1884 1481 5 066 1481 1203 5 067 1203 1034 4 066 1034 938 4 067 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography